TEHRAN, Iran – Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran on Sunday to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Celebrators in Tehran burned US and Israeli flags during the ceremony.

This occurred while Ghadr ballistic missiles were put on display for the crowds to admire.

Celebrators marched among Iranian flags and images of first Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Paul Antonopoulos is a Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies. He has an MA in International Relations and is interested in Great Power Rivalry as well as the International Relations and Political Economy of the Middle East and Latin America.